Re: Counting men illusion

Hi Bob,

That's a snapshot of my cousins at a family get-together. As you know, bobbym and I are related and you can even see him there, dropping in from time to time. He only hangs around for about 13 seconds before he's off again.............and back again.............and off again...

And yes, that is the correct answer/explanation.

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Re: Counting men illusion

Hi;

As you know, bobbym and I are related

There are many who would wish that were true. That they too could be related to me. But sadly for the human condition my bloodline is rather sparsely spread.

Anyway, I will soon be making a trip to the Pacific. There I will board a whaling schooner. Like the great Humphrey Van Weyden I shall make my way to ancient and foreign lands, clubbing seals as I go. The "Land of Tomorrow," will be my final port of call.

Then I will trek across the great continent known as Australia, asking everyone I meet if they know the legendary phrontister. Thusly, I shall track down my cousin m.

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Re: Counting men illusion

Can one outside the dimension of "tomorrow" ever set foot on that 'tomorrow-land' and meet up with one of its residents who is always a day ahead of the rest? If so, I'll look forward to our meeting and have a deluxe wheelchair and shock-absorber crutches ready.

Last edited by phrontister (2013-05-23 03:04:33)

"The good news about computers is that they do what you tell them to do. The bad news is that they do what you tell them to do." - Ted Nelson

Re: Counting men illusion

Yes, but they are very prickly if you do not clear them. Also, there is the danger of overconfidence. People see a little Bonsai tree and think they will automatically hurdle over it. Those are the ones who end up dead from a prickly Bonsai tree.

A marathon?

In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess.

Re: Counting men illusion

Why not make a puzzle to get that percentage? Or a combinatorics problem.

Here lies the reader who will never open this book. He is forever dead.Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most. ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and PunishmentThe knowledge of some things as a function of age is a delta function.